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as in planting
to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set
a music teacher who strove to implant within his students a love of the classics
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as in embedding
to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter
the gemstone was poorly implanted in the setting, so it was constantly popping out
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Recent Examples of implanting
Attorney Ben Ikuta claims that Acacio continued to perform medical procedures on patients while his license was suspended, including performing transfers and implanting embryos.
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Chelsea Hylton, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
Score and Mills, a Brevard County couple, sued IVF Life — which does business as Fertility Center of Orlando — last month for implanting Score with the the wrong embryo.
—Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Feb. 2026
The bill would prohibit the importation, sale, and offer of sale of pets that are transgenic, meaning they are created by implanting a gene from one species into another.
—Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 4 Feb. 2026
After implanting him with the device, a now docile Hank reveals that he's already released implanted people into the Wasteland — and that they've been given instructions.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 4 Feb. 2026
There are also concerns about implanting even primitive embryo models created from stem cells into anything that resembles a human womb.
—Rob Stein, NPR, 23 Dec. 2025
For the very first time, researchers captured incredible real-time, three-dimensional images and videos of a human embryo implanting into artificial uterine tissue.
—Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 23 Dec. 2025
Neuralink has already entered the clinical phase, successfully implanting devices in three people.
—Karoline Leonard, Austin American Statesman, 25 Nov. 2025
To help Bacon get these abilities back, Keyoumars Ashkan, professor of neurosurgery, performed DBS on her, implanting electrodes in Bacon's brain and tracking her body’s reaction in real time.
—Elmira Aliieva, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2025
Chelsea Hylton, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
Score and Mills, a Brevard County couple, sued IVF Life — which does business as Fertility Center of Orlando — last month for implanting Score with the the wrong embryo.
—Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Feb. 2026
The bill would prohibit the importation, sale, and offer of sale of pets that are transgenic, meaning they are created by implanting a gene from one species into another.
—Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 4 Feb. 2026
After implanting him with the device, a now docile Hank reveals that he's already released implanted people into the Wasteland — and that they've been given instructions.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 4 Feb. 2026
There are also concerns about implanting even primitive embryo models created from stem cells into anything that resembles a human womb.
—Rob Stein, NPR, 23 Dec. 2025
For the very first time, researchers captured incredible real-time, three-dimensional images and videos of a human embryo implanting into artificial uterine tissue.
—Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 23 Dec. 2025
Neuralink has already entered the clinical phase, successfully implanting devices in three people.
—Karoline Leonard, Austin American Statesman, 25 Nov. 2025
To help Bacon get these abilities back, Keyoumars Ashkan, professor of neurosurgery, performed DBS on her, implanting electrodes in Bacon's brain and tracking her body’s reaction in real time.
—Elmira Aliieva, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for implanting
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Traffic mitigation measures included planting tall trees and striping the road entrances red to preserve drivers’ line of sight.—
Nollyanne Delacruz,
Mercury News,
15 Mar. 2026
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Beyond planting the cherry tree in a sunny spot, make sure to give it the correct amount of moisture throughout its early years.—
Heather Bien,
Southern Living,
14 Mar. 2026
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The result is a rapidly emerging Chinese model of AI—less centered on chatbots and more on embedding intelligence directly into the machinery of the real economy.—
François Candelon,
Fortune,
13 Mar. 2026
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A lot of that involves NASA embedding with the companies to ensure safety and operational requirements are met during development.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 Mar. 2026
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At some colonies in Argentina, 97% of pups died, while on South Georgia Island, researchers reported a 47% decline in breeding females between 2022 and 2024.—
Susanne Rust
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2026
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Sprinkle Mosquito Bits granules into the water that collects in the center of the leafy rosette to prevent Aedes mosquitoes from breeding there.—
Nan Sterman,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Mar. 2026
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Dip the cutting in a rooting hormone.—
SJ McShane,
Martha Stewart,
10 Mar. 2026
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Let the cutting dry for a couple of hours, and then apply a rooting hormone to the cut portion of the stem and along the internode to help speed up the rooting process.—
Derek Carwood,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 Mar. 2026
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The projectile traveled through a pantry before lodging in another wall, missing the family inside.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
4 Mar. 2026
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Repeatedly named one of the South’s best resorts, Sea Island has a couple of lodging options across the Golden Isles, but The Cloister is the heart of the brand’s hospitality offerings.—
Lydia Mansel,
Southern Living,
1 Mar. 2026
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“Implanting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/implanting. Accessed 18 Mar. 2026.
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